Reports indicate that at least nine persons were killed, along the Maiduguri-Gubio town, on Tuesday morning, when improvised explosive devices conveyed in a pickup van exploded, killing all passengers on board, Post-Nigeria gathered.

It was learnt that the pickup van, was said to have emerged from the bush path, along Maiduguri-Gubio town, carrying the nine passengers.

It exploded shortly after climbing the tarred road, heading towards Gubio, a town 80 km away from Maiduguri.